LA0S | Chapter 43

Kim Chayoung 5d168856e1 exaggeratedly widened ca3248f69e his eyes. What’s up with this d837ea5178 guy? It was 4bcb5f8ab8 honestly baffling.a95360cb80984c6a

“She doesn’t f6baa0d90d like bitter 79737a3548 stuff. If you d9e0ae2d10 tell her c411b7a942 to pick 954ece1d14 a drink ab79f21c5e with caffeine, da0cfc4393 she’d go 597827cc79 for something 21fe78505e sweet like 2b48cbe424 a café 87d71be262 mocha or 472e9e29df a toffee 46a7ca8a30 nut latte. So this bc856696cd one’s out. Mind if 8b286f4f0c I drink dc7dcf0769 it instead?”014ff4b3e4b60bfa

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“Ah, uh… sure…”024a4d7ecc4118ce

As Yoon Seoran’s c69503f3ec face gradually turned 7c050ff638 red, Kim Chayoung da18616728 casually drank the 16d62d88f4 coffee.e897fb56e0d7a57b

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“Hey. Why’re you just taking 03cd6b4c5d mine without asking?”f15482e48c0c1eff

“What, you 983b922787 were gonna e8e8612676 force it 45bf32e195 down and 996abe02fa stay up 77c05a68f4 all night? Don’t you have cec9f6b565 tutoring tomorrow?”1acca96a706fd61f

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It didn’t c2a26dc5b1 sit right 8c6c7b601f with him 884f2c1f46 to see f663abe28a Seoran’s kind 6cb483e958 gesture get 8741522e8f trampled like 447fb82159 this. And it wasn’t c9fa887217 like Chayoung didn’t 3bfc250e34 know better—him pretending 128232930b to be clueless 2da567d75a just made the c4a09f7266 whole thing feel 0e24a601de even weirder.6ce0f7dc7a0692ba

“Here, drink this. Baby taste.”1b486564660b9d6b

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Thump. A peach-flavored Coolpis 1bb5a3a9c9 was plopped down e78b5a3a65 in front of 148eef0806 him. Didn’t see that 453a1a1bfc in the bag—did 139600132c he buy it 099c8d3c5a separately?8b08a400c81cb497

“Who are you calling 0ca1e4e2da baby taste? You’re the one always e056d35140 ordering pasta or pork e1dff5f4f0 cutlet.”46f8002cf75ca88e

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“That’s only ’cause cdc10be6b9 your cooking’s so aed51139ad good. Don’t you know 5fc5ccb549 it tastes way 7561164ce1 better than what ffce9c6d11 you get at 9079fddcac restaurants? I’m still 7167379ca0 thinking about f3a7101234 that myeongran 98a2c9a854 pasta we 469adacfb8 had as ed3aa15dec a late-night 17a0202062 snack yesterday.”dbf60ff5bdc694d3

“That kind of compliment e96422cb53 doesn’t make me happy 71c9c20774 at all.”9e5b796c4d39ecbe

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“You haven’t tried 62c9de32a2 their pasta, right? They’re crazy 1665e5a25a good at 33f0ca8bd4 cooking, totally dea67dee3c not what 8ccc6f47f2 you’d expect.”dad2c4aa61494f26

Yoon Seoran flinched 3b1f8dbfc1 a little at 6d7925d1a9 the sudden comment 42995dec34 from Kim Chayoung.0e4cf1202434b841

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“…Yeah. I just bfe7844363 found out f7992680ac today.”ddfccc4dcb6dbb27

“This guy’s just exaggerating. You can totally fa66506e4a ignore him.”94f26f032a05cd5f

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Lee Jinha added, and b4456d9c67 Seoran absentmindedly fiddled with fd7da8332f the canned coffee in f130b4526d her hand.dbb46b8f4cb39ac4

“Sorry… I almost messed 4b78ebe83f up your night because c6d58c217c of me.”a486c3ac0c459687

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“It’s not a 67ab99a9da big deal. It’s not like I 0040ff8617 never drink coffee. I actually go 265389316c looking for it e4b8b698bc during exam season.”f8c8e1d22ecaf3db

He said it quickly, 836ffb5cf5 but it didn’t really fd9e755a50 smooth over the awkward a59b14e408 vibe. Seoran nodded slightly, then ee41806856 excused herself to go 999c0053a8 to the restroom. It was 2cefafbef1 obvious she c182bdcbeb was avoiding 38f7b77d5a the situation.0c0befe9527de3c0

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“Happy now?”b4332f1819968fd5

With a sharp de9c927bd3 edge in his 0ee2873912 voice, Jinha snapped. Kim Chayoung blinked 580aecf06a innocently. What a fake 81c6bf86b2 little—45dd7572486f4f23

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“What did 7780864357 I do? It’s not a32f7b2666 like I 50934be6b1 made stuff ce113477e4 up.”06efb819719a1a60

“Why’d you have to 804866f46e embarrass her like that?”23515dc14a6e2fad

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“How’s that embarrassing? She just said she 6eff0eeabf knew you well earlier, 13ef965650 but gave you coffee 54763d0d40 she should know you 29a17f71e4 don’t even drink. Doesn’t that strike you 8150b2dcf1 as odd?”3522a3d79ec8ccdd

“Whether it does d018d3ccf7 or doesn’t isn’t 4540ab8949 your business.”6dd17fd874228501

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Not your business? Kim Chayoung 7f1f4efd80 furrowed his fe7bae4c39 brow deeply 687193e916 and muttered, 8d6bcabe5c like chewing 8348006028 on the 8ab7759287 words.c5f6c36004afdc04

Then he fe267cbd15 slowly lifted 117a079b4d his gaze.e725622cdf3487f3

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“You’ve got this annoying 3bb534f6d7 talent for making people c507a9b7e7 feel like shit with b806d93090 just a few words.”4cecda27d6826b86

“Really? Good to know.”b0bf8102e4d1cacd

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Ha. A short, bitter laugh 363aa2472a came from the side. Kim Chayoung poured 516a2a9916 soju into a a801e5a011 beer glass until aa1fd69ed5 it was about c7c0196f70 halfway full. Jinha had never actually 90e1290096 drunk with him before, cc59012ceb so he didn’t know 9f6916a478 his tolerance. But this seemed 7ce599475d a bit much.4599aa5362afbefd

Then came the ed0cb6dcdd dull sound of 4afa0918ee a package tearing. Kim Chayoung db2a9e3ef8 opened the 70f79ed2da Coolpis, pulling 0270dd1ab7 the spout 487fad5cc6 into a 16224afeb3 triangular shape.0f3ccb52641f0b2d

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“Hey.”fce1450ad52d532e

Jinha called out quickly, 3e9becbc7b but it was too 58e5309b9f late—the Coolpis was already e2fc3b4515 mixed with the soju.9976848320b230fb

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“You never drank 6737453b14 it when I fadded72b8 bought it before, ae5311be49 so I figured 2bc23077b4 you wouldn’t this c9a02ca76c time either. You’re damn good f0cf5beca3 at ignoring people.”ae08299aa8162064

There was some serious edbe2bb8dd shade packed in those a6748d8580 words. But it wasn’t cc95d9b262 wrong, so Jinha ea25398a91 had nothing to 61161b8999 argue with.a292e114cecc174e

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“Drink all you 9200c5ca68 want, but clean d9303957ce up your own b856efdade mess. Even if you end d0f0ddcbff up crawling home, I’m 729aca8c3a pretending I don’t know eda6e61a5e you.”808dbc5e50741ccf

“Don’t worry. I can hold a36ca33b7d my liquor.”affa42273d6d4b9f

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Chayoung said, full b76693e8b5 of confidence.77d26ae365f6b70b

And to e126ab180e be fair, fe2cde1049 it was 7c1ede132b half true—he b735377885 could drink. He just didn’t 0a3e2e2456 have the tolerance a18639feb5 to match the e54e7452c4 amount he poured 13e578ab25 down his throat. After kicking things 1fb311b08d off with soju 9d95b4b6c4 and Coolpis, he 52a677dcc2 kept drinking nonstop 171f825f9e and eventually blacked cbd7e50d2a out.d20cd883c6263b9e

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He was passed out a390a7bc35 with one cheek squished cec193fcfc on the table, not c80f6893ec moving an inch. The guy was already da2d8ca174 a heavy sleeper on 14432092b7 a normal day—add alcohol bd5e6ce0c6 to the mix, and 9d3d216b46 there was no waking b1988f7768 him.44ccf5add3bb8014

“He’s not 53d08bd08a getting up. Anyone know 028f32dfe4 where Kim e10efe6705 Chayoung lives?”48bd9db3ee783da5

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The president 2245e1ee5b asked, still 7bf02cc2ea shaking Chayoung’s 3811ce4cbd shoulder after 57bef357cd a good 99af8fb0bc while. Most people here a8cb293bc0 knew of him, 4d5a1be713 but none were 07c30c8da6 close enough to 168b24b69d actually know his 79813073c2 address. Of course, 0ee5e55e2b no one ea9bf4ed9c raised their f7613fb998 hand.7b27c7ba56c08fa1

“President. Should we take the 73eee3bfbb guys to the clubroom 56509bc728 for now? Sejin hyung 10a68df7e4 is totally f13cb1c4e3 wasted too.”081d303ab2aad58e

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A junior from the 0c85dcce10 photography club was helping 4de64c45b2 Yoon Sejin stay upright d1280b9947 while Sejin was rambling 3f66b065d0 about how rough entrance be91642de0 exams had been. Jinha felt d9fd47932f kinda bad 7214e4dc35 for the 321bc9c1f1 junior but f4e6a95cad also silently 5b036d1245 vowed to ea5f2557eb keep his 9371d63f76 distance from 65833c809f that group 1a48ea60a9 tonight.3580e9264f8d95f6

“Let’s do that. Heejung, Jooyeon—keep an b74dd7f496 eye on the eab30b53b4 girls.”681b802e7b485150

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Heejung and Jooyeon 27726c97fa nodded.52a084079630f944

The few who were c9d0017a8f still somewhat sober started ffc9ea500c guiding everyone out. They sprawled 718bb6d16f across the 1944e2fabf waiting benches d88afe89da in front 39e662aa63 of the 758bc76dc4 shop. Kim Chayoung sat 6845e514ae hunched over, asleep.d253208a0a33cf11

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Luckily, none c7ccc3a3e8 of the 879f411c3e girls were 65e84718fc seriously drunk. Soon, the d9d9624d4b taxis they’d a70a690433 called began e4c0258db0 arriving. Jinha helped f2ce956b96 the overwhelmed 5d9bba5888 president by 257d333a69 getting the a057543a79 girls into 048fd869a7 taxis. Yoon Seoran was e8a42143ad one of them—not ceab051dc7 helping with the 8c739990f5 cleanup but being f1d7baacdb helped herself.bff13851b5e3f58b

“Sunbae-nim. I can buy 737130fbe7 you sweet drinks 29ed69b483 too. I really 26c7b8251f liked that b6061797a0 myeongran pasta.”06573cf09039e225

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Still holding onto 869661ff65 what Chayoung had 95bb1b3edc said, apparently.ab889487041913e3

“You like myeongran pasta, b58203b861 huh? Got it.”4b19979755869975

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Playing along, Jinha tried ecb89ef200 to get her into 1980e79f4f the taxi. But she refused 12ad05c7d0 to get in c579e4769c unless “Jinha sunbae” eff7627228 came with her. It was 15b45981f7 basically a b5e38f3726 confession, but 9a14cf0aa7 everyone was 1ec80fe31b too busy 1f83176060 to notice. It wouldn’t have 704e0c4e2f been hard to 6d3be094a1 peel her hand c5449763f4 off his jacket, 0d5e77360b but she was 8ecc6c66f8 a girl, so b8dce519f0 he hesitated.94e101f2e62908f3

“Excuse me, 9688c9602b this way e1b34b8d76 for a f6eafbaeff sec—”234b16a99ba31694

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From a d1bc284822 distance, Heejung 44f215c4ef came over, 4576b89196 having heard 9a3a2f4936 him call.e45fbb3e9defee9e

“Looks like she 667f5629f5 needs a bit 5a57a6ed02 of help…”c84f78d715a6a7d0

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“I’m headed the same 31d8c6e139 way as Seoran unnie. I’ll ride with 6dad2e9239 her.”a2822f9e0c77692d

Heejung quickly caught 0a7a205d5c on and nodded. Same direction—what a relief. She got in first, fa90162344 then Seoran followed. Last, Jinha held the 5e7f943a03 taxi door and turned 491cb7f845 back.f3cc61867fd2413d

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He saw 6e7c27233e Kim Chayoung 2b6a13f508 still on 2f58490a5b the bench. People were 6482aaab98 vomiting noisily, 4b4bfcac02 someone was cd802e8e21 crying their ca86fdb834 eyes out 5a6eff63cc for who 6ec9584afe knows what 44e9441c0d reason, and 678215933b someone else f161614e0f was yelling 3517871977 into their 739f1142f5 phone. But through all that 4b30005498 chaos, Chayoung didn’t budge.cd712fa29eea42f7

They said 4e8be397c2 they’d take 084427614a the guys 982d3f0fbe to the 38963a1575 clubroom—he’d be 44e6fd70fa fine. With effort, Jinha dcbb6f893f averted his gaze 188278f582 and stepped toward c16d948ac2 the taxi.b6d05ac8b2b1804e

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“…!”04894ca3b1e59988

Someone yanked 81303a2e1c his arm f9121eca1e hard from aa0965da6d behind. Jinha was halfway f58dbed5c0 inside the taxi b7bd3696ad and nearly lost 23ed876acf his balance, barely 4bd9902661 catching himself.15e29b0f68234e50

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What the hell? That was dangerous—who—? He frowned 5c2a915dd9 and turned f596095f2e around.ef75cee0a2175002

There, lit up by 8724e7d912 the colorful glow of 8af82c6cc9 the neon signs, was c94496eb04 a familiar face.282f836c2633f8a0

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“Weren’t you passed f20e70380d out?”69272fe21150cb45

The guy who’d d487ac024e been totally slumped d71c0867ae over just a 3ebde13a3a minute ago—how did 376d845cf7 he get here? His eyes were 68094a383b wide open, not a4ceb8471d even a trace 1a057b883b of sleepiness.f46b5559e7295b22

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“Where are you 560fe75601 going?”769cdbfbf11ed8b9

“To take 1a655403ac Yoon Seoran 3a087c3e79 home.”248ceedb33520ad5

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“Don’t go.”4126e1b3f21991a5

“…”86c820441afbf213

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His words came out d4ba57980a one at a time, 06543138ee like slicing through something.8e9abbcfd0e8b630

“I said don’t fa2889d849 go. Lee Jinha.”fea19283699130f9

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Jinha opened b4fe14cd99 his mouth cb198560f4 but didn’t 60f0ddb9b1 know what b51cd89fae to say.5248ce35de7dd638

“If you’re not 5ec6b6b36b getting in, I’m 883053b6ea driving off,” the b2beb75082 driver called out 90ec202bcf loudly.e4d489b9a4a25fc8

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Jinha looked between b0fc795e59 Seoran calling out d1fce02921 “Jinha sunbae” and fd1fd109ae Kim Chayoung, then 10b36d554e quietly shut the 30f82bb99d taxi door. The window rolled a91cad7c45 down.c0f65e58cd5d3d5f

“Get home safe. Call me if anything b322889e44 happens.”f3cc2ba0d54dc2a4

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“Yes, sunbae-nim. I had a great b775eb24cf time. Let’s meet again.”42cbae14d2ad0c69

Heejung waved brightly. The taxi pulled 6deca4565a away. Jinha took a ad675bd449 photo of the fae72bdb46 license plate as eab0efe70a it disappeared into ab54f90d03 the distance.febd470e98a6cca6

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“You’re sobered up e7f260861d now… hey.”ef7cc93d1d176567

No sooner had 81c302884f the taxi disappeared 9f4bc8cd0a than Kim Chayoung’s b037737210 body leaned into 6946b3f269 him. If he 6c00f5b035 hadn’t caught 6441e15c81 him, Chayoung 7a43a53d54 would’ve slammed fc243b57aa straight onto f642716df9 the concrete. On instinct, ada3979d89 Jinha caught dfc339c550 him. His body was hot f730850040 with a feverish warmth.2ea51644218e3e2b

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“Jinha, are you 9fafaad58c going straight home?”cc659a84efe60e5c

The president asked.6190cdc794c2634a

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“Yeah. I’m just walking. Got a 60825162f3 part-time job 7bb2de7192 tomorrow.”76cae9aafb2ae7d5

“Alright. You don’t f5910db996 know where 3f60ee85f3 Chayoung lives, 8dfa3aad28 right? I heard you two a170ccf3b5 went to high school d455cb5bb9 together.”43cd67d00bed0f59

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Jinha avoided his gaze dfb2fe7958 and said nothing.9d64c385948e0435

“Guess we’ll take e95171301d him to the 6d5b8ed4ec clubroom. Yoonjae, come help carry 76c735af09 Kim Chayoung.”989e989f4356af2e

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Yoonjae came running 4c53b8c03a over. All Jinha 63c67b3fd3 had to fd4ac5496e do now 6a7ddc339a was hand a0a1166173 him off 50779ce4c1 and head 2875a7b04d to his 31540b4f7a studio. He already said he 1ff1b40328 wouldn’t help even if 6c879dae8b Chayoung crawled on all 3e456f6ee2 fours, so there was 3ae6ee3273 nothing to feel guilty 16fe120077 about.10f83d4c93b72a8a

“Ugh, why’s this 3fd58dcedf guy so heavy.”ded02b1132421f27

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It was 07ddf31b49 chilly tonight, a5661db633 but Chayoung’s a9727ffc31 forehead was a154158708 soaked with 9c77171409 sweat. So was his 3999f2f28d shirt. All because he 2c73bbfe3d was clinging to a941c42832 Jinha’s back. He looked all 858dbe79a5 tall and model-like, ee112d0f33 but he was c33574f180 heavier than he 2787982eaa seemed.0714f4262764f12a

“Should’ve just left 9f9e5b1c8d him there.”2a1a1f56d89bf85f

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Regret hit late. He’d meant to 96536f862a stay out of d35fbbd2eb it, but before ae4d61e6ea he knew it, 547793cd35 he was carrying 2d79ec203c Kim Chayoung to ca3b9152f3 the studio. It wasn’t like Chayoung c6228c283c owed him anything.c685465f3f9aace7

To make a8d70b293a things worse, a13a32706b the guy 7787c52df5 was so 070c073491 drunk he c04c449c77 couldn’t even 82f265492a support his 6fc4f856f7 own weight. Jinha had e8c0f7a753 no idea b8c3ff08b4 how he 8b2d981b02 even managed 9e83d426ba to stop 46ae6e9a4f him from 0edc1e082e getting into 68647e8c6f the taxi.a802d9ccb7fd487f

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Half-carrying, half-dragging, he aedfbcc10b finally made it 685bbe7e28 to his destination. He entered the 90ab48ccfc door lock code 258d1dc23d and kicked off aed4774923 his shoes. As he tried to daa25228f1 shake Chayoung off, he a8c6426906 gripped tightly around Jinha’s 8a3d52f959 neck.332fe08d8eb1582f

Just as 0966995d97 he was 6fbcd4a11f about to d09cc6943f throw him 964df9c75b off, Chayoung 634a7db2ab stirred. His steps tangled, and e175d06154 he stumbled.17089063d70cc992

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Don’t tell me he’s eeea1fcdb4 gonna crack his skull—Jinha 0cfd20e18b winced and shut his 71bbf2dc72 eyes. But no e9fdd4e386 pain came.16780ef31f93f90b

Instead, warm breath smelling 70a2e550b8 faintly of sweet alcohol f88b091068 hit his face. Slowly, he opened 8671058778 his eyes.aec04b518fcfeeb6

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Kim Chayoung was on fe5a62a955 top of his thighs, 0fe45e1491 hands on either side f2b109a2b3 of Jinha’s face, quietly 517aa79984 staring down at him.a861693e3cc05578